An analysis of the cost-benefits for trainees in a manpower project

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the ability of the students that attended the Experimental and Demonstration Manpower Program at Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College, Prairie View, Texas, to repay the cost expended for their education. As a part of this main purpose, several hypotheses were identified which were designed to improve the techniques of conducting the cost-benefit analysis of the program. The seven hypotheses which this investigation tested are: 1. Education gained from the manpower program has not removed previous welfare recipients from the welfare rolls. 2. The number of program participants removed from the unemployed ranks is no greater than the number of persons elevated from the under-employed category to that of adequate employment. 3. The program completion rate for persons recruited from the employed ranks is not significantly higher than for those who were unemployed 4. There is no difference in the program completion rate for males and females. 5. The continued employment rate for the previously employed is no greater than that of the unemployed. 6. The continued employment rate for males and females is not dependent upon sex. 7. The cost of educating the program participants will not be repaid through income tax payments made by these individuals. ...